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  1. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    ...: Čelešnik, Helena, et al. "Biosafety of biotechnologically important microalgae: intrinsic suicide switch..., Xuechen Zhu, and Charles E. Melançon III. "Detection and Quantification of Ribosome Inhibition by Aminoglycoside...fusions reported in the literature include RNA detection, RNA cleavage, and translational repression or...Genetically Encodable System for Sequence‐Specific Detection of RNAs in Two Colors."ChemBioChem 17.10 (2016...
  2. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Gating in Flow Cytometry

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    ... illuminates the passing cell with a laser and detects the light scattered by that cell at a low angle...laser beam and causes it to scatter (FSC/SSC), the detected photons can be represented through a graph of ... only enter dead cells, while living cells can protect themselves from it. So here, I actually want to...— describing the intensity and duration of the detected signal. Using a practical example of lymphocytes...
  3. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ... events and training courses on technologies and laboratory techniques related to antibody discovery. ...) either produced de novo using yeast display technology or produced from hybridoma antibodies developed...synthetic rAbs, developed using yeast display technology, are directed to integrins that bind the Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate...
  4. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    ... the screening strategies outlined below, the technique can be used as a preliminary validation on your...Decomposition (TIDE) (Brinkman et al., NAR). This technique uses the trace file generated in Sanger sequencing...Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping NGS and detecting off target effects  While pricier, NGS can be ...analysis. If NGS is not an option, you can still detect off-target effects with Sanger sequencing, provided...
  5. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...with antiviral therapies such that the virus is undetectable in the blood. But the virus doesn’t completely...respond. Latently infected cells evade immune detection because they produce very little or no viral protein...reinfection. Importantly, no off-target effects were detected. Kaminski et al. observed no negative effects ... field, the lessons learned in pursuing one technological application can benefit many others and accelerate...
  6. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    ... IMP USA-Europe not only provide the specific technical and logistic support to increase the chances of...of success, but also nurture a supportive and protective environment where individuals are empowered to...represented a diverse group of individuals with technical and career path needs, and came from the universities...Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University,...
  7. Transferable Skills Guide: Teamwork

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    ...scientific team came as an undergrad at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Though some WPI students chose to ... physical kits are made and shipped; Chiara, the tech transfer expert who understands the somewhat complicated...repository, performing quality control, and providing technical customer service. Team members are highly trained...a biostatistician, and that one golden-handed technician who can do a certain difficult assay with her...
  8. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    ...Table 1: AAV Serotypes and Tropism Experiment  Detection Method CNS AAV1, AAV2, AAV4, AAV5, AAV8, AAV9...purposes. The University of Pennsylvania and the biotechnology firm Biogen have recently collaborated to develop...is their ability to be used with new exciting technologies (such as CRISPR/Cas9) as they allow for gene... fourth generation of neuroanatomical tracing techniques: exploiting the offspring of genetic engineering...
  9. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    ...HaloTag or SNAP-tag construct can help you better detect dim structures or low levels of expression with...performance and use super-resolution or single-molecule techniques.   Figure 2: Two-color super-resolution...proteins with small molecules in vivo. Nature Biotechnology, 21(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt765... V. (2008). HaloTag: A Novel Protein Labeling Technology for Cell Imaging and Protein Analysis. ACS Chemical...
  10. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    ... label it with finesse using tRNA suppression technology (Fig. 1) (Dumas, Lercher, Spicer, & Davis, 2015... from depositing labs that have mastered this technique so it might be worth a try, especially since the...References 1. Degorce, François, et al. "HTRF: a technology tailored for drug discovery–a review of theoretical...Time-Resolved FRET-Based Approach for Antibody Detection–A New Serodiagnostic Concept." PloS one 8.5 (2013...
  11. The Twelve Days of CRISPR

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    ...Addgene gave to me: SHERLOCK and DETECTR, two CRISPR-based methods to detect nucleic acids.  On the third ... CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: five methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 using CRISPR.  On the sixth day of ...
  12. 8 Great Depositor Research Stories

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    ... themselves. All of them have cool new tools, techniques, or information that is now available for other...demethylation. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles: While not technically a research story, I couldn't resist adding in...learning about it (and maybe even picked up a new technique or tool to try in your own work!) If you've got...
  13. Introducing Addgene's Microbiology Pages

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    ...particular microorganism, microbial technique, or microbial technology, sign up to write about it on the...CRISPR guide to find out how to use genome editing techniques in your microbe of choice. For more help with...
  14. Streaking for Single Colonies: The Streak Plate Challenge

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    ...using the streak plate technique. Time for the #BioSci3319 #StreakPlateChallenge part 1. Lab B needs a...Sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been teaching the microbiology lab every...
  15. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    ...CRISPR continues to grow as the genome editing technique has developed and improved. The CRISPR posts written... for more detailed information about this new technology. Our Plasmids 101 series continues to grab scientists...questions or if you have a topic, researcher, or technology you would like us to feature in the coming year...
  16. MassBioEd Career Exploration Day at Addgene

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    ...got to learn about intellectual property from our Tech Transfer team members Tony Cova and Chiara DeNatale...DeNatale and programming with our Chief Architect Pam McA' Nulty (check out our blog post on CRISPR software...presentation on the emerging CRISPR genome editing technology was a rousing success! Many of the students were...
  17. How Exercise Purges Stress and Keeps Depression at Bay

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    ... in skeletal muscle by exercise and endurance, protects the brain from depression. Mice that are genetically...stressors as usual, but somehow their brains were protected. Effects of Activation of the PGC-1a1 Pathway ...levels of kynurenine in the body, the brain is protected from stress-induced biochemical changes that could...
  18. Microbes: Look, Listen, and Tell

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    ...them. Addgene depositor Dr. Mikhail Shapiro from Caltech presented an exciting way of listening to microbes...vesicles) as acoustic biomolecule-based dyes. This technology is widely applicable as bacterial expression ... high spatial resolution are benefits of this technique. It is even possible to multiplex ultrasound dyes...
  19. CRISPR Kinome Libraries Available: Pooled and Individual Plasmid Formats

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    ...perturbations – in the case of screens using CRISPR technology, gRNAs to knockout genes – are essential screening...the validity of your biological model and the technical performance of your assay. But, in many discovery-oriented... off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9." Nature biotechnology (2016). PubMed PMID: 26780180. PubMed Central...
  20. Seeing Red: Simple GFP Photoconversion

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    ...are also the foundation of multiple important technologies, including FRET and optogenetics. Even though...photoconvert GFP from green to RED! This simple technique has been shown to work in plant, Drosophila and...protonated form of GFP is photoconverted, so this technique may not be appropriate for high-pH cellular compartments...
  21. IDP and your PI: A Roadmap for Career Planning and Personal Development

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    ...career goals, and celebrate accomplishments. These techniques are laid out in Vincent et al., and are easily...a recap of accomplishments, from learning new techniques to finally figuring out a tough experiment, sets... in every lab, but the principles behind this technique are beneficial for researchers at all stages. ...
  22. Science as Art

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    ...inner beauty of familiar flowers." This new x-ray technique provides scientist with a new method to explore...by Darwin on his voyage. Previous destructive techniques were incompatible with the need to conserve these...Richards’ work is held by The Museum of Jurassic Technology in LA, where it is currently on display.   Many...
  23. Addgene is Expanding Our Viral Vector Service!

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    ...service. A small subset of AAV plasmids will have technical or legal restrictions that make them ineligible...be reviewed by Addgene for legal approvals and technical compatibility with our production process. This...found in our in-stock preps. If a request has technical considerations that may affect expected titers...
  24. Fostering communication in remote collaborations

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    ...to learn techniques from each other, access specialized equipment, or ensure that techniques are being...part of your collaboration. Luckily, there are techniques and tools that helped make my experience run ...
  25. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    ...environmental conditions, cells must be able to detect extracellular stimuli. One way they do so is through...pathways.  This dissociation can be measured using a technique known as Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer...effectiveness of using TRUPATH as a screening technique. Lastly, the activity of both antagonists and ...
  26. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    ...blog post, keeping up with the newest CRISPR technologies and their applications can be exhausting. A ...of the Cong, et. al, 2013 Science paper). If you detect positive HR, isolate single-cell colonies, grow...articles, such as: Sander JD & Joung JK, Nature Biotech, 2 March 2014. Or browse the articles related to...
  27. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    ...lentiviral vector plasmid in Escherichia coli Stbl3. 3 Biotech 3:61–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-012-0070...vectors using reduced-genomeEscherichia coli. BioTechniques 43:466–470. https://doi.org/10.2144/000112585...4847–4851. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.77.8.4847 Trepotec Z, Geiger J, Plank C, Aneja MK, Rudolph C (2019...
  28. Bright Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi

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    ...excited about our new partnership with Allele Biotechnology which allows researchers to deposit plasmids...mTFP1 and mWasabi, as fluorophores from Allele Biotechnology that now can be deposited at Addgene. What makes...colleagues from The Scintillon Institute, Allele Biotechnology, Florida State University, Indiana University...
  29. What Do I Do Now? Academic v. Non-Academic Career Decisions

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    ...the less acknowledged perks of scientific and technical training is that these educational paths prepare...encompasses millions of choices including pharma, tech transfer, management consulting, science communication...Small Company Big (e.g. Pharma) Small (e.g. Biotech) Develop expertise areas quickly Jack/Jane of...
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